Mechanical toy



(No Model.)

B. H. RIOKER.

MECHANICAL TOY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN H. RIOKER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MECHANICAL TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,879, dated December30, 1884.

Application filed June 12,1884. (X0 model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN H. RIcKER, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mechanical Toys, of which the followingis aspecification.

My invention consists of a toy wagon having a crank-axle which connectsby a link to an elevated crank. Said elevated crank has rigidly attachedto it pieces representing the arms of an image caricature of a man.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigures 1 and 2 are elevations showing the iinagesin differentpositions.

In the drawings, A represents-the body of the toy wagon, B the frontwheel, and (3 one of the rear wheels. The rear wheels, 0, are

connected by a crank-axle, D, the crank revolving with the wheels. Thiscrank D is connected by the link E to the crank H,which is supportedupon posts K. To the crank-rod H, I rigidly attach the arms L and L ofthe images M and M.

The arms of the images are so separated as to allow the body to passbetween them, so that in the gyrations of the axle the images may assumea great variety of positions. In these figures it will be noticed thatthe terminals of the body and of the legs are rounded, so that in anyposition the figure, although grotesque, appears natural. This formationof the parts making up a mechanical figure representing a human form Iconsider one part of my invention.

In a mechanical toy, the combination of the wheel 0, crank D, and linkE, with the crankrod H, to which crank-rod II the arms L L are rigidlyattached, whereby the revolution of the crank-rod H causes the bodies MM to pass entirely around the shaft and to assume different positions,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

REUBEN H. RIOKER.

WVituesses:

HELEN M. FEEGAN, WILLIAM EDsoN.

